Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-037

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John N. Irwin II

Wednesday, March 8, 1972 · 1:58 PM–2:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation021-037 on Tape 21 (tape position 01:19:36–01:19:46)StartWednesday, March 8, 1972 at 1:58 PMEndWednesday, March 8, 1972 at 2:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-037 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646310074 ↗

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NARA Description

On March 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-37

Date: March 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:58 pm and 2:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 322-37]

     Request for a call to John N. Irwin, II

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Please.
Would you get me Under Secretary Irwin, please?
Yes, sir.

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  • 021-038 2:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Irwin, II talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 321-022 2:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:55 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-037, March 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646310074). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-037 (accessed November 5, 2026).